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Overview

When Trinidad was twelve, his Wiccan parents blew themselves up in an ecoterr attack that killed several Christians. Orphaned and disillusioned, he fled his home and his best friend Castile to become a soldier for the powerful Christian church operating inside the fortress city of Boulder, Colorado. Raised by a priest and trained by a godless warrior, Trinidad learned the brutal art of balancing faith and war. He is the perfect archwarden, disciplined and devout.

But when the church's bishop arrives with a silver scar she claims is proof of angelic orders to crusade, Trinidad alone knows her story is a lie. The silver scar comes from a mystical, ancient graveyard called the Barren—a place of healing reached only by Wiccan magic, a place that could turn Christianity on its head.

Accusing her outright would be treason. Searching for proof would mean committing heresy. Either is a death sentence for an archwarden. Instead, torn between the lure of powerful magic, his love for Castile, and his vows to defend the Church, Trinidad must turn to the very people he'd left in his past to stop the crusade. But as everyone he trusts is mired in betrayal and vengeance, he soon realizes his own righteousness is no weapon against the slaughter of thousands.

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About the Author

Betsy Dornbusch is the author of several short stories, novellas, and novels, including the Books of the Seven Eyes trilogy. In addition to speaking at numerous conventions and teaching writing classes, she has spent the past decade editing the online magazine Electric Spec and writing on her website, Sex Scenes at Starbucks (betsydornbusch.com).

Editorial Reviews

07/09/2018Dornbusch (the Seven Eyes series) packs a series’ worth of fanaticism and revenge into this intense novel set in a neo-medieval, postapocalyptic Colorado. Resource scarcity has plunged the 22nd century into religious tribalism. Young Trinidad survived his Wiccan parents’ suicide bombing and has grown into an honor-bound Christian archwarden in the adequately stable Boulder Parish. Zealous Bishop Marius arrives with a silver scar she claims an angel gave her, but Trinidad knows the scar came from a graveyard with powerful healing abilities that only he and his childhood friend Castile can reach through Wiccan dream magic. Castile, now an ecoterrorist, bribes the ancestor-worshipping, bellicose Indigos to kidnap Trinidad, assuming he has been helping the bishop. The reunited duo gingerly regain their youthful trust and dodge slavers to return and confront the bishop, but Trinidad’s refusal to openly oppose the church puts Castile in peril. As Wiccans, Indigos, and Christians marshal troops, Trinidad makes one desperate final attempt to forestall war. The confounding number of double agents among the secondary characters mars Dornbusch’s otherwise careful laying-out of the crowded political situation. A serious approach to faith and genuine grappling over personal history and responsibility add significant depth to the brisk action of this spellbinding saga. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

Dornbusch (the Seven Eyes series) packs a series’ worth of fanaticism and revenge into this intense novel . . . A serious approach to faith and genuine grappling over personal history and responsibility add significant depth to the brisk action of this spellbinding saga.”—Publishers Weekly“If you’re feeling like you need a little apocalypse in your life, you might give THE SILVER SCAR a try.”—Elitist Book Reviews

“Dornbusch (the Seven Eyes series) packs a series’ worth of fanaticism and revenge into this intense novel . . . A serious approach to faith and genuine grappling over personal history and responsibility add significant depth to the brisk action of this spellbinding saga.”—Publishers Weekly

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